AVIATION.
TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT.
LIEUT. PORTE HAS NO FEAR.
[PBB FBBBB ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.]
London, Feb. 16. Lieutenant Porte has departed for New York. He is confident of completing the trans-Atlantic flight on the new Glen Curtiss aeroplane for the “ Daily Mail ” prize of £lO,OOO. He declared that apart from engine trouble the greatest concern was navigation, but a naval officer’s invention enabling them to take a sight at any altitude would probably solve the difficulty. He expects to cross in 20 houfrs, avoiding dirty weather. Once aloft he could beat any storm and would always be near the steamer track. If he drops in the ocean he does not expect to be able' to reascend.
A POWERFUL HYDRO.
Paris, Feb. 16. C'oltier, the investor, successfully flew in a 200 horse-power hydroplane, carrying three passengers and lifting 41 tons . ' ‘
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume III, Issue 357, 17 February 1914, Page 5
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137AVIATION. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume III, Issue 357, 17 February 1914, Page 5
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